The Old Regime In Canada By Francis Parkman (1823-1893) North American - Canadian History , from the 1640's thru the year 1763 Includes Information on the Indians ( Native Americans ) of North America

Double-Page Map Plate - " Canada and Adjacent Countries at Close of the 17th Century"

( Also shows New York - New England etc. ) [ 7.5" x 9.5" ]

** EXCELLENT CONDITION **

The Binding is in Excellent Condition, with almost no wear. (see photo below) The Hinges are Very Tight. Name of former owner on front endpaper [" Esther D. Cook , Elmhurst, January 1, 1907 "]. No other writing. No markings. The Pages and the Plates are in Great Condition.

The Contents includes:

Jesuits At Onondaga 1653-1658 Iroquois Indian War Mohawk Kidnappers Colony of Onondaga Iroquois Indian Ferocity Speech of Chaumonot The Medicine Feast The Nuns and the Iroquois Indians Murdered Priests Jesuit Boldness Holy Wars of Montreal Montreal in 1659 Miracles Heroes of the Long Saut Threatened Invasion The Captive Wolf Desparate Defence The Fort Taken Storm At Quebec Francois de Laval (1659-1680) Laval and Argenson Laval and Avagour Earthquake Laval and Dumesnil Laval and Mezy Laval and The Seminary Royal Intervention (1661-1665) Evil Omens The Mohawks Chastised ( Indians - Native Americans ) Burning of Mohawk Indian Towns The Jesuits and the Iroquois Government Marriage and Population (1661-1673) Soldier Settlers Importation of Wives Celibacy Punished Bounties On Marriage and Children Military Frontier The Canadian Settler Plan of Settlement River Settlements Quebec Montreal The Pioneers Canadian Feudalism Rulers of Canada Trade and Industry Card Money Huguenot Merchants Fisheries The Beaver Fur Trade Contraband Trade Missions The Brandy Question ( Liquor - Alcohol ) Brandy and Indians Temperance License and Prohibition Mission Villages Michillimackinac Morals and Manners (1640-1763) Canadian Absolutism Canadian Nuns Canadian Schools Clerical Rigor sy and Witchcraft Social Influence of the Troops Brawls Violence and Outlaws Beggary Fires Slavery Inns State of Quebec Canadian Character Military Qualities Rival Colonies New England Characteristics of Race ...Etc. Appendixed and Indexed. ***** Offered With No Reserve ***** Biographical Information: Francis Parkman (1823-1893) American Historian. Born in Boston on the 16th of September 1823. His great-grandfather, Ebenezer Parkman, a graduate of Harvard in 1721, was for nearly sixty years minister of the Congregational Church in Westborough, and was noted for his devotion to the study of history. One of this good clergyman’s sons, Samuel Parkman, became an eminent merchant in Boston, and exhibited, much skill in horticulture. Samuel’s son, Francis Parkman, a graduate of Harvard in 1807, was one of the most eminent of the Boston clergymen, a pupil and friend of Channing, and noted among Unitarians for a broadly tolerant disposition. This Dr Parkman, a man of rare sagacity and exquisite humour, was the father of Francis Parkman, the historian. His mother was a descendant of the celebrated John Cotton. She was the daughter of Nathaniel Hall of Medford, member of a family which was represented in the convention that framed the constitution of Massachusetts in 1780. Francis Parkman was the eldest ...